Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-31 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 31/08/2011, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Andrew McGlashan I cannot believe this thread is still going -- it is way beyond funny now it's ludicrous to say the least Your Ethernet device is broken and if it is not broken, then get someone

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-30 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:54:48 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 22 August 2011 22:02, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: I need pppd of course, but not ppp. Can you explain why you need pppd? :-? Well, I was under the impression that with ppp over ethernet, the daemon would be required.

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-30 Thread D G Teed
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 29 August 2011 13:05, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: This would be the entry in /etc/network/interfaces I mentioned before: allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Then reboot. You are really not that

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-30 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Heddle Weaver wrote: Failing that, I'll do a new install on the laptop, but I think it'll be alright. Regards and thanks, Weaver. I cannot believe this thread is still going -- it is way beyond funny now it's ludicrous to say the least Your Ethernet device is broken and if it is not

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-30 Thread D G Teed
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au wrote: I cannot believe this thread is still going -- it is way beyond funny now it's ludicrous to say the least Your Ethernet device is broken and if it is not broken, then get someone else to

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-30 Thread D G Teed
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Andrew McGlashan I cannot believe this thread is still going -- it is way beyond funny now it's ludicrous to say the least Your Ethernet device is broken and if it is not broken, then get someone else to fix this problem for you as you are only going

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-29 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 29 August 2011 13:05, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.comwrote: On 27 August 2011 11:41, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: I started another reply, and it had lots of steps to try to repair this

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-28 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 27 August 2011 06:10, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.brwrote: On 08/26/2011 04:08 PM, Heddle Weaver wrote: All ISPs in Australia employ PPPoE. PPPoA is available, in many instances also. And elsewhere too, but your modem appears to be a router. In this case, it handles

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-28 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 27 August 2011 11:41, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: I started another reply, and it had lots of steps to try to repair this situation, but then I rethought. If this is a fresh install, and you have no data to keep on the Debian system, here is a bulletproof solution:

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-28 Thread D G Teed
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.comwrote: On 27 August 2011 11:41, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: I started another reply, and it had lots of steps to try to repair this situation, but then I rethought. If this is a fresh install, and you have no

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-26 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 26 August 2011 05:05, D G Teed donald.t...@gmail.com wrote: On a re-read of what I wrote earlier, it might be a little confusing where I say you need static network set up and then instruct on how to do DHCP. Perhaps I can just make an assumption or two and give you some simple steps.

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-26 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 08/26/2011 04:08 PM, Heddle Weaver wrote: All ISPs in Australia employ PPPoE. PPPoA is available, in many instances also. And elsewhere too, but your modem appears to be a router. In this case, it handles PPPoE by itself, and all you need is to get an ip from it via dhcp. It probably has a

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-26 Thread D G Teed
I started another reply, and it had lots of steps to try to repair this situation, but then I rethought. If this is a fresh install, and you have no data to keep on the Debian system, here is a bulletproof solution: Reinstall. When you reinstall, don't do anything fancy with network. Just let

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-25 Thread D G Teed
On a re-read of what I wrote earlier, it might be a little confusing where I say you need static network set up and then instruct on how to do DHCP. Perhaps I can just make an assumption or two and give you some simple steps. Assuming your ISP does use PPPoE, and you are using the router device

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-24 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 22 August 2011 22:02, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:27:57 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 21 August 2011 21:20, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: But do you really need it? I mean, does your ISP require you to use a PPP connection with your router? I also

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-23 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 22 August 2011 22:02, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:27:57 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 21 August 2011 21:20, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: But do you really need it? I mean, does your ISP require you to use a PPP connection with your router? I also

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-22 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:27:57 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 21 August 2011 21:20, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: But do you really need it? I mean, does your ISP require you to use a PPP connection with your router? I also use a DSL connection and don't need PPP for nothing. No I

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:11:19 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 20 August 2011 05:56, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wait... what are those pppx connections? Where are they coming from? Are you using another device to get connected on Internet? The only other device I've used is the

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:51:10 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 20 August 2011 05:50, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Hum... are you sure your router is still at 192.168.1.254? I ran some status checks and get multiple results, without any other configuration: Aug 21 10:15:08 Bandit

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 21 August 2011 13:28, Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au wrote: Hi, Heddle Weaver wrote: So it looks more and more like hardware. Regards, I don't agree. The 7800N is one of Billion's best modems, it may be faulty, but I don't think so reading through all

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, I've read the thread completely. It seems clear to me that you have had networking issues where you've had an IP and then not had an IP. If you have a fully working TCP/IP V4 stack, then I'm sure you'll see success. Have you tried a live cd? Pressing the reset button on the Billion

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 21 August 2011 19:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:11:19 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 20 August 2011 05:56, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wait... what are those pppx connections? Where are they coming from? Are you using another device to get

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 08/21/2011 07:53 AM, Heddle Weaver wrote: We have already done this and access is not available by way of telnet or wget. But, you would know this, having read the thread. This thread is far too long and confused, so this might have been asked already: give us the output of /sbin/ifconfig

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:07:50 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 21 August 2011 19:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: (ppp are a different method to get a connection over Internet, nowadays mostly used for dial-up modems or USB DSL modems but I'm afraid that's not your case...) Will check

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 21 August 2011 12:20:04 Camaleón wrote: Will check out /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-providers. Sounds like I might have screwed something up in there. Surely the whole point is that it shouldn't be there at all, not that you might have screwed up in there? At least, I think that that is

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 21 August 2011 21:03, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.brwrote: On 08/21/2011 07:53 AM, Heddle Weaver wrote: We have already done this and access is not available by way of telnet or wget. But, you would know this, having read the thread. This thread is far too long and

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-21 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 21 August 2011 21:20, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:07:50 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 21 August 2011 19:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: (ppp are a different method to get a connection over Internet, nowadays mostly used for dial-up modems or USB

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 August 2011 05:56, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wait... what are those pppx connections? Where are they coming from? Are you using another device to get connected on Internet? The only other device I've used is the borrowed XP laptop I used to set up the modem in the first place.

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 August 2011 06:07, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:02:17 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: I don't know what's happening any more. I think I'm being haunted. Greemlins are anywhere and they like computers so much, keep your eyes opened! X-) I've just reset the

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-20 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 20 August 2011 05:50, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:18:37 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget 192.168.1.254 --2011-08-16 06:06:49--

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-20 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Heddle Weaver wrote: So it looks more and more like hardware. Regards, I don't agree. The 7800N is one of Billion's best modems, it may be faulty, but I don't think so reading through all this horrible thread. The thread and your experience completely mis-represents Billion's product

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-19 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:18:37 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget 192.168.1.254 --2011-08-16 06:06:49-- http://192.168.1.254/ Connecting to 192.168.1.254:80... failed: Connection

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-19 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:54:13 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: (...) --2011-08-16 06:08:23-- (try: 3) http://192.168.1.254/ Connecting to 192.168.1.254:80... failed: Connection timed out. Retrying. Hum... are you sure your router is

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-19 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:02:17 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: I don't know what's happening any more. I think I'm being haunted. Greemlins are anywhere and they like computers so much, keep your eyes opened! X-) I've just reset the modem to see if I could access the modem url to set it up

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-18 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:18:01 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254? weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-17 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:18:01 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254? weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-17 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 August 2011 22:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:18:01 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254? weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-16 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:18:01 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254? weaver@Bandit:~$ su Password: Bandit:/home/weaver# wget 192.168.1.254 --2011-08-16 06:06:49-- http://192.168.1.254/ Connecting to

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-15 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:28:26 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 14 August 2011 14:42, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: After configuring the modem through XP laptop, I can now access the net through my Debian laptop. The

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-15 Thread Lisi
On Monday 15 August 2011 12:34:59 Camaleón wrote: This is what puzzles me because I definitely see no (good|logical) reason for not getting access to the web interface from Debian. Ethernet is one of the most standarized technologies out there so I dunno what can be happening with that DSL

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-15 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:22:28 +0100, Lisi wrote: On Monday 15 August 2011 12:34:59 Camaleón wrote: This is what puzzles me because I definitely see no (good|logical) reason for not getting access to the web interface from Debian. Ethernet is one of the most standarized technologies out there

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 15 August 2011 21:34, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:28:26 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 14 August 2011 14:42, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: After configuring the modem through

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-15 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:56:46 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 15 August 2011 21:34, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Timeouts for some sites may require more debugging. A site can be having any problem or your ISP may be having a routing issue with that specific server... hard to tell what

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-15 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 16 August 2011 05:51, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:56:46 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 15 August 2011 21:34, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, so it seems there is no telnet service available in route :-) How about a simple wget 192.168.1.254?

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-14 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 14 August 2011 14:42, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: After configuring the modem through XP laptop, I can now access the net through my Debian laptop. The connection is very glitchy - lots of 'time-outs' - but a

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-13 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:51:25 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 11 August 2011 00:01, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: then point your web browser to http://192.168.1.254;. With two separate browsers, the same message -

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-13 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: After configuring the modem through XP laptop, I can now access the net through my Debian laptop. The connection is very glitchy - lots of 'time-outs' - but a definite improvement. At least I have access. I'll just have to iron out the

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-12 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:51:25 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 11 August 2011 00:01, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: then point your web browser to http://192.168.1.254;. With two separate browsers, the same message - Network is unreachable Restarted the modem, same result. (...)

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-11 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 11 August 2011 00:01, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: snip then point your web browser to http://192.168.1.254;. With two separate browsers, the same message - Network is unreachable Restarted the modem, same result. (...) That's very weird... can you access to that same IP

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-10 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:47:06 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 9 August 2011 18:51, Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk wrote: Here's your problem. eth0 has no address. The only IPv4 connectivity you have is to 127.0.0.1/255.0.0.0 via lo (below). Your computer has no way to reach

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-09 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:53:16PM +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 9 August 2011 01:37, Camaleón [1]noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:14:29 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: (...) Tried to ping and tcptraceroute with the only reaction either way 'No

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-09 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 9 August 2011 18:51, Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk wrote: Here's your problem. eth0 has no address. The only IPv4 connectivity you have is to 127.0.0.1/255.0.0.0 via lo (below). Your computer has no way to reach 192.168.1.254 so is legitimately returning Network is unreachable.

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-08 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:14:29 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: (...) Tried to ping and tcptraceroute with the only reaction either way 'No network present'. Then you seem to have a network configuration problem. Your router should be configured as stated by the manual and you have to configure

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-08 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 9 August 2011 01:37, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:14:29 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: (...) Tried to ping and tcptraceroute with the only reaction either way 'No network present'. Then you seem to have a network configuration problem. Your router should

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-07 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 6 August 2011 01:25, Gavin Elliot Jones ga...@grassfield.co.uk wrote: I'm not sure I understand when you mean was it detected during the install procedure. What I was asking was if it was detected during a new install of Debian, or was it connected to an already established O.S.? For

Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

2011-08-05 Thread Gavin Elliot Jones
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 11:52:41AM +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: Did you get your modem installed onto an already established O.S. or was it detected during the install procedure. My /home is on an external expansion drive and I'm considering a re-install if that detection procedure would pick